Frederick lieker



(No Model.)

- F. LIEKER.

POCKET BOOK. 7 No. 458,235. Patented Aug. 25, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK LIEKER,-OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

POCKET-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 458,235, dated. August25, 1891.

Application filed January 30, 1891. Serial No. 379,644. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK LIEKER, of New York city, New York, haveinvented an Improved Pocket-Book, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a pocket-book of novel construction; and itconsists in the various features of improvement more fully pointed outin the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top view of my improvedpocket-book, showing it open. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof; Fig. 3, atop view showing it partly closed; Fig. 4, an end View thereof, and Fig.5 a top View showing it entirely closed.

Myimproved pocket-book is made in the form of a box having a rectangularbottom a and four sides a a a a connected at the corners, and of which Iterm a. the front, a a the ends, and a the back. The sides and bottomare made preferably of one piece of leather or other flexible material.The two. ends a are creased from the center on top to the two corners atthe bottom, as indicated by the lines b. The back a is provided with aflap 0 that projects over the upper edge of the box. Between the back aand the flap a a pocket is formed for holding stamps and tickets.

To close the pocket-book, the front is fold- 7 ed back and the backforward, so that the flap a overlaps the front, to which it is se- 7cured by a suitable catch 0. The ends a will fold inward on theircreases b beneath the front and back, so that the book is entirely flatwhen closed. The best fit of the parts is obtained if the bottom is madesquare and twice as long as the height of the sides. This will cause thecenter of all the sides to meet over the center of the bottom, and thusno openings are left from which the money might escape.

My pocket-book will be found to be very convenient, as the change willlie fiat upon the bottom and will be fully exposed when the pocket-bookis opened.

That I claim is A pocketbook composed of a flat bottom a and fourupwardly-projecting sides a a a a connected at the corners to constitutea box, the sides a being creased from the top diagonally downward, andthe side a being provided with a flap that overlaps the side a when thepocket-book is closed, substantially as specified.

F. LIEKER.

Witnesses:

A. J ONGHMANS, F. v. BRIESEN.

